Via @[1073623678:2048:Steve Bice]. "Around 250,000–500,000 children…

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Via @[1073623678:2048:Steve Bice].

"Around 250,000–500,000 children in developing countries become blind each year owing to Vitamin A Deficiency, with the highest prevalence in Southeast Asia and Africa. Golden rice is a genetic engineering project designed to fortify rice with beta-carotene (which humans can convert into vitamin A) and thereby prevent and/or treat Vitamin A Deficiency."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A_deficiency